How to blast through a Russian minefield

What does it take to blast a path through a minefield? A monster of a vehicle – part tank, part bulldozer – firing a rocket attached to a cord of explosives. That detonation in turns detonates the mines that are in a soldier’s path.

At Fort Carson, Colorado, Lt. Col. Latoya Manzey’s engineer battalion is training to clear a path wide enough for a column of tanks to pass through and attack enemy lines. “Breach is probably one of the toughest things that we do,” she said. The lane they aim to clear is about the width of an M-1 tank. “That doesn’t leave a lot of margin for a tank going through there,” said Martin.